Valle and the center’s 10 or so other employees offer to the public services to help them get a good night’s rest.
The center contains state-of-the-art equipment to help diagnose sleeping disorders ranging from restless leg syndrome to narcolepsy, said Bruce Ferris, administrator.
“The diagnostic tests will (mean) patients come in overnight and then we hook them up to electrodes and senors and we monitor several different things, including the stages of sleep they’re in, the blood oxygen levels and heart rate,” Ferris said.
The most common disorder is sleep apnea, a condition affecting more than 18 million American adults in which the person stops breathing while they snooze, according to the National Sleep Foundation.
The lack of oxygen wakes the person up, disrupting the natural sleep cycle, Ferris said.
People suffering from sleep apnea are often tired, have trouble concentrating, suffer from mood disturbances and develop morning headaches. Prolonged sleep disturbances have health consequences.
Ferris said his company in the business of helping people make their sleep the stuff of dreams.
Contact this reporter at (937) 225-0749 or cfrolik@DaytonDailyNews.com.
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